A visual analysis study of the Çanakkale Clock Tower and its surrounding under the scope of urban outdoor spaces

ABSTRACTMaster ThesisA VISUAL ANALYSIS STUDY OF THECANAKKALE CLOCK TOWER AND ITS SURROUNDING UNDER THESCOPE OF URBAN OUTDOOR SPACESTutku AKÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart UniversityInstitute of Natural and Applied SciencesDepartment of Landscape ArchitectureSupervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tanay BİRİŞÇİ YILDIRIMAt recent years, in most of the cities of our country which are industrializingand developing, because of the rise of the building density and the unplanneddevelopment of other needs parallel to population rise and because of incorrect lad use,current open spaces are being consumed and the arrangements made towards outdoorsare not being taken into concern. The cities in recent years are in the process ofdegenerating their own traditional values and identities related to the dramatic and rapidtransformations through re-arrangement of physical and social structure.Although Çanakkale doesn?t have sufficient urban landscape areas, it has thedense feeling of pressure of culture and technique. The urban outdoor spaces are notsufficient in setting up nature-human bounds inside Çanakkale city. The city centrelocated at the coast and which is an interest and focal point, increase the importancegiven to this region. When the tourist and recreational potential of Çanakkale city centreis taken into consideration, this importance can be seen more apparently.This research; aims to evaluate Çanakkale city that carries importance in a wayof traditional, natural and cultural values, in a framework of landscape architectureprofession discipline, by evaluating the urban landscape and analysing the CanakkaleClock Tower visually with the computer aid to leave next generations a liveableenvironment.2005, 165 pagesKeywords: Urban outdoor spaces, visual analysis, Canakkale Clock Tower, CanakkaleIV